Obama Says Teachings of Jesus Christ 'Spoke to Me,' then Defends Abortion

LifeSitenews.com ^ | September 29, 2010 | By Kathleen Gilbert

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Wednesday September 29, 2010

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Obama Says Teachings of Jesus Christ 'Spoke to Me,' then Defends Abortion

By Kathleen Gilbert

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following reports of widespread skepticism over his professed Christianity, President Obama on Tuesday invoked the teachings of Jesus Christ as the inspiration for his public agenda, which he called part of an "effort to express my Christian faith" - and in his next breath defended the legalized killing of unborn children.

When a teacher's assistant asked him why he was a Christian during a townhall Q&A in Albuquerque, the president answered, “I’m a Christian by choice.”

The president admitted that his parents “weren’t folks who went to church every week" and that his mother "didn’t raise me in the church.” "I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead - being my brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, treating others as they would treat me," he said.

Obama continued: "And I think also understanding that Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that we’re sinful and we’re flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God.  But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace.

“That’s what I strive to do.  That’s what I pray to do every day.  I think my public service is part of that effort to express my Christian faith," he said.

But the president then jumped to defend the legal killing of unborn children when the same woman asked about regulating the procedure.

"Now, with respect to the abortion issue, I actually think - I mean, there are laws both federal, state and constitutional that are in place," he said. "And I think that this is an area where I think Bill Clinton had the right formulation a couple of decades ago, which is abortion should be safe, legal, and rare."

Obama exhorted the audience to "recognize" killing unborn children as "a difficult, oftentimes tragic situation that families are wrestling with." "I think the families and the women involved are the ones who should make the decisions, not the government," he said, adding: "I do think actually that there are a whole host of laws on the books that after a certain period, the interests shift such that you can have some restrictions, for example, on late-term abortions, and appropriately so."

As an Illinois and U.S. senator, Obama never once voted in favor of an abortion restriction, supporting even the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure and voting against a state law to protect infants born alive during an abortion.

Since ascending to the White House, he has solidified his 100% pro-abortion record by pursuing greater funding for abortion groups both overseas and at home. In crafting the federal health care reform, Obama's administration worked closely with abortion giant Planned Parenthood, whom he promised in 2007 that reproductive health would be "at the center, the heart" of his health care plans.

Obama's devotion to abortion is not the only aspect of a public agenda in plain conflict with the Christian worldview.

Obama has taken an increasingly aggressive stance against Christian values on marriage and the family by courting the homosexualist lobby, and has pushed for an end to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the repeal of the U.S. military's ban on open homosexuality, and gay adoption. Obama also successfully championed the inclusion of "sexual orientation" as a federally protected trait alongside race and religion in federal "hate crimes" legislation.

A survey by the Pew Research Center in August found that nearly one in five Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, and only one in three believe he is an adherent of the faith he claims; 43 percent said they were unsure. The White House shot back at the polls, claiming that right-wing "misinformation campaigns" had produced the results. 

Yet skeptics likely remained unmoved when, after the Pew results were collected, Obama vouched for a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City. The president announced his support at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim fast of Ramadan.

Christian leaders have expressed frustration at Obama's claim to Christianity despite failing to attend church services regularly since winning the 2008 presidential election, including Christmas Day 2008 and 2009.

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[MrB]

Jesus didn’t leave the option of just being “a good man”.
He claimed to be God. If He is not (as “Jesus was a good man” implies), then He’s a liar and the worst kind of scoundrel.

[Beckwith]

Obama religion is lying.

[MrB]

Obama’s religion is lying.

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As is his ideological “father’s” religion.

[Soothesayer]

Muslims believe in Jesus (Nabi Isa) so nothing unusual here.

[Soothesayer]

The president of the USA is guilty of attempted infanticide a million fold.

There are no words to describe this current horror.

[American Constitutionalist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuHpH03DOY

[xzins]

According to pro-abortionist Obama, Jesus must have meant: “Let the little children come to me so we can off them.”

[frogjerk]

SHHHH...You are not supposed to speak about this “one-issue” because it will kill the Tea Party movement. -sarc

[skeeter]

Did Jesus tell you to vote against the ban on partial birth abortion, BO?

[DarthVader]

“I’m a Christian by choice.”

Depart from me you worker of iniquity I never knew you.

[al_c]

If the “fetus” is not a human baby worthy of protection of its life, then it shouldn’t be “difficult” at all.

The pro-aborts are running out of excuses, aren't they? I read a rather disgusting article recently about gener choice and one family's praise of it. Through IVF, 5 eggs were fertilized. After DNA tests on the fertilized eggs, doctor told the couple, "Congratulations. You have two boys and three girls." So .... if these "globs of cells" have a gender, it seems to me that insisting they are merely globs doesn't hold up anymore.

[SC_Pete]

He thinks Jesus Christ was a revolutionary socialist. In Obama’s mind, “love thy neighbor as thyself” means redistribution of wealth by the state. Taxing the rich is the work of the faithful. Who knew that Karl Marx established a new Christian sect?

The Church of Economic and Social Justice.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

It’s true, and it’s written down:

1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by Obama. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3Obama came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a]”

5Then Obama took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6”If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:
“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[b]”

7Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[c]”

8Again, Obama took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9”All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

10Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[d]”

11Then Obama left him, and angels came and attended him.

[silverleaf]

I think the headline speaks for itself

Jesus will meet with you later, Mr Obama.
Meanwhile, prepare yourself.

[DallasDeb]

You're absolutely correct. I tell people who believe Jesus was a "prophet" and a good man that, if they believe that, then they are giving goodness to a big fat liar because Jesus said that he is the Son of God and that NO ONE can get to the Father without going through Him (Jesus). They don't know what to say when I point that out. (Jews, Muslims, Unitarians, etc, etc, etc).

Likewise, I used to have a friend who was a "devout" Unitarian. She would repeat her pastor's (a woman) sermons and talk about stories in the bible that she believed. I told her if you don't believe everything in the bible, then you can believe nothing in the bible. You can't pick and chose what's convenient to believe in. She couldn't respond to that, either.

[silverleaf]

He stood up in the IL legislature and spoke against medical care for a baby born alive following an abortion attempt.

Twice, I believe. He voted for this monstrous evil - twice.

[bmwcyle]

Obama, this is God. STFU

[reagan_fanatic]

A supernatural being spoke to him alright, but it wasn’t Jesus...

[sten]

Yea, Jesus would have been pro-abortion... Riiiight

Muslims are expected to lie directly to infidels if it furthers the cause of Islam

Nothing shocking here

[MNDude]

that’s what I was thinking.

I don’t many people that pine over having a tumor or wart removed.

So, what is it that makes it a difficult decision? It’s a half human? An almost human or what?

Interesting how in history there have always been those who argued of the less than human qualities of others, and it’s always been the religious that came to their defense such as:

The church came to the defense of the exploited Indians “with no souls” to argue they were created in the image of God.

The church, and Christians like William Wilburforce argued for the humanity and human rights of black slaves in England.

The church and Christians like William Lloyd Garrison that argued for the human rights of black slaves in United States.

It was the strong Christians like Corrie Ten Boom that helped hide the Jews during the Holocaust.

It was the Christians like William Carey that argued for the
humanity of women burned alive by Sati in India.

I guess the list could go on and on...